Asia Monitor What’s in store? Last year was a mixed bag for Asian private equity, but ultimately one that saw victory snatched from the jaws of defeat. What can we expect in 2004? Asia Monitor speaks to people across the region to gauge their thoughts. If it were possible to describe as complex a year […]
America Monitor Abandonment issues A new firm scours the market for its trademark transaction – the elusive ‘orphan’ deal. Protostar Equity Partners is hoping to find GPs willing to part with their orphans. The New York firm defines an ‘orphan’ as a portfolio company that has long ago ceased to capture the energies and attentions […]
Europe Monitor The Euro Private equity practitioners typically don’t worry as much about currency risk as other financial types do. But after the dramatic rise of Europe’s single currency, GPs are thinking a lot more about exchange rate movements and their potential impact on performance. The Euro is, it seems, on everybody’s mind. Its recent […]
The UK-based breakfast cereal manufacturer will be bolted on to Hicks Muse’s existing UK portfolio company, Premier Foods.
Recovery in the UK private equity market could be threatened by Government policy, according to the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) chairman.
German mid-market private equity firm Halder has secured commitments from US, UK, Japanese and German investors at the first close of its E150m target fund.
Apax leads £25m series C round; Quester launches top-up for VCT5; Nordic funds back T-cellic B-round; Atlas, Gilde back merger with $7.5m investment;
IRRfc, the private equity portfolio manager, has sold Phildrew Ventures’ remaining stake in Ward Homes to Wilson Bowden as part of a £71m deal.
ATP Private Equity Partners (ATP PEP), the Danish pension fund manager, has boosted its team with two new appointments.
Delta Capital Management, manager of the US Russia Investment Fund, has sold portfolio company DeltaLeasing to Baring Vostok Capital Partners.